TOUCH PANEL DEVICE, ELECTRONIC APPARATUS AND METHOD

• US 20150370412A1
• Filed: 09/25/2014
• Published: 12/24/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 06/24/2014
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba (Toshiba Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba (Toshiba Corporation)
• Inventors: Ohba, Isao, Michihata, Saori, Takano, Toshiya
• Application Number:
  US14/496,195
• Publication Number:
  US 20150370412A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0418 for error correction or compensation, e.g. based on parallax, calibration or alignment
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04184 Synchronisation with the driving of the display or the backlighting unit to avoid interferences generated internally
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0442 using active external devices, e.g. active pens, for transmitting changes in electrical potential to be received by the digitiser
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0445 using two or more layers of sensing electrodes, e.g. using two layers of electrodes separated by a dielectric layer
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0446 using a grid-like structure of electrodes in at least two directions, e.g. using row and column electrodes

Abstract

According to one embodiment, a capacitance type touch panel device which is provided on a screen of a display device and is allowed to detect a touch of a stylus is provided. The touch panel device includes a loop antenna, a sensor and a controller. The sensor is connected to the loop antenna and is configured to detect noise which generates in accordance with driving of the display device. The controller is configured to detect the touch at timing different from timing in which the noise generates in the cycle of generation of detected noise.

Claims

1. A capacitance type touch panel device which is provided on a screen of a display device, and is allowed to detect a touch of a stylus, the touch panel device comprising:

a loop antenna;

a sensor connected to the loop antenna and configured to detect noise which generates in accordance with driving of the display device; and

a controller configured to detect the touch at timing different from timing in which the noise generates in a cycle of generation of the detected noise.

2. The touch panel device of claim 1, wherein the controller comprises:

a holding module configured to hold the timing different from the timing in which the noise generates; and

an update module configured to update the timing held in the holding module,

wherein the controller is configured to detect the touch at the timing held in the holding module.

3. The touch panel device of claim 1, wherein the sensor is configured to detect the noise while the touch of the stylus is undetected.

4. The touch panel device of claim 1, wherein the controller is configured to change timing of touch detection from present timing to timing different from timing at which the noise generates in a cycle of generation of noise, if the touch of the stylus is detected, and make no change to the timing different from timing at which the noise generates of the touch detection, if a touch of a user'"'"'s finger is detected.

5. The touch panel device of claim 1, further comprising:

first and second electrodes configured to detect the touch of the stylus,

wherein the first electrodes are provided in a first layer,

the second electrodes are provided in a second layer located to be laid over the first layer, and

the loop antenna is provided in a third layer located closer to the display device than the first and second layers.

6. The touch panel device of claim 5, wherein the first and second electrodes are arranged in a specific pattern, and

the loop antenna is provided in a position overlapping with the specific pattern, and is configured to be connected to ground while the touch of the stylus is being detected.

7. The touch panel device of claim 1, further comprising:

first and second electrodes configured to detect the touch of the stylus,

wherein the first electrodes are provided in a first layer,

the second electrodes are provided in a second layer located to be laid over the first layer, and

the loop antenna is provided in vicinity of the first electrodes provided in the first layer or the second electrodes provided in the second layer.

8. An electronic apparatus comprising:

a display device; and

a capacitance type touch panel device provided on a screen of the display panel and allowed to detect a touch of a stylus,

wherein the touch panel device comprises;

a loop antenna;

a sensor connected to the loop antenna and configured to detect noise which generates in accordance with driving of the display device; and

a controller configured to detect the touch at timing different from timing in which the noise generates in a cycle of generation of the detected noise.

9. A method to be executed by a capacitance type touch panel device provided on a screen of a display device and allowed to detect a touch of a stylus, the method comprising:

detecting noise which generates in accordance with driving of the display device; and

detecting the touch at timing different from timing in which the noise generates in a cycle of generation of the detected noise.